Creating a playlist

Use the Media Library feature to add CD tracks or a link to a file or stream such as a radio station to a playlist. A playlist is a customized list of the files that you want to watch or listen to. A playlist enables you to group various media content together to be played in any order that you specify. For example, you could create a playlist that includes a couple of tracks from various CDs, a radio station, and a video.

Playlists group media content and store the location of media content, whether the location is your computer, another computer on your network, or the Internet. Playlists typically have an .asx or .m3u file extension. When you play an item from a playlist, Windows Media Player accesses the file from itÆs location and plays the file.

To create a playlist

1. Click the Media Library feature.
   
   
2. Click the New playlist button.
   
   
3. In the New Playlist dialog box, type the name for the playlist.

   Your new playlist is added to the My Playlists folder in the left pane.

4. To add an item to a playlist, click the item in the right pane, and then click the Add to playlist button.
   
   
5. Click Add to name of playlist where name of playlist is the name you just typed.

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   Click Playlists, select the playlist that you want, and then click OK.

   Note   You can add as many files to your playlists as you want.

You can also import playlists from other applications and Web pages into Media Library by clicking Import Playlist to Library on the File menu, and then finding the playlist on your computer. To add a playlist from a Web page, you must first copy the playlist from the Web page to your computer. Importing and exporting playlists to and from Media Library is useful if you want to back up your files to another directory on your computer. In the Save As dialog box, type a name for the playlist or use the existing name.

Related topics

• Adding files to a playlist